Sunday, 9 February 2014

Sew Sunday #1

I'm not one to do things be halves so when I decided that it was time to learn to make my own dresses and that I was going to take the opportunity to get a sewing machine for my birthday I knew it was likely to become my new obsession. I can't help it, I have a pretty obsessive personality but it does mean I give any new hobby 110%. I already have enough fabric in my stash to make another 10 or so dresses and plan on making a new dress each week and sharing it with you guys in what I am going to call Sew Sunday. I have realised that my biggest passions in life revolve around dresses, lusting after them, buying them, wearing them, blogging them and now making them. I started blogging because of my love of dresses and am now finally making my own.

I found this raccoon by Tula Pink in John Lewis but decided at nearly £14 a metre it was too expensive for me to potentially mess up. BUT I couldn't stop thinking about it and when we planned the Dolly Clackett sewing bee I decided that with Roisin to hand I wouldn't be able to screw it up so I took the plunge. I wanted the first dress I made to be special and I am so proud of how it turned out.

I apologise in advance if I end up making the Emery dress over and over and not much else! It is honestly my dream dress. The bodice fits like a glove, the skirt is nice and full and I can add sleeves any length I want. A nipped in waist and full skirt is the most flattering silhouette on me and I no longer have to struggle to find dresses that fit the bill.

Just look how cute my shoes are!! I bloody loved Clarks anyway but this collaboration with Orla Kiely is on a whole other level. The platform shoes are totally amazing but unfortunately too tall for me so I went for the cute Milly Mary Jane's in cream. They are going to look fab come summer with a pretty little frock, I am on the hunt for the perfect fabric to show them off. I really, really need the red ones too!

* DISCLAIMER
Some items are provided as samples to review. They are always indicated as such by an astrix (*). This does not impact the quality of the review - I will always give my honest opinion regardless of the source.

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